UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-6211

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
PANAGOITIS SKORDALOS,
Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore.
Richard D. Bennett, District Judge.
(1:06-cr-00107-RDB-1; 1:08-cv-01049-RDB)

Submitted:

September 29, 2009

Decided:

October 5, 2009

Before NIEMEYER, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Panagoitis Skordalos, Appellant Pro Se.

Traci L. Robinson,
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for
Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:
Panagoitis

Skordalos

seeks

to

appeal

the

district

courts order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. 2255 (West

Supp.

2009)

motion.

The

order

is

not

appealable

unless

circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability.

28 U.S.C. 2253(c)(1) (2006).

A certificate of appealability

will not issue absent a substantial showing of the denial of a

constitutional
prisoner

right.

satisfies

reasonable

jurists

constitutional

28

this
would

claims

by

U.S.C.

2253(c)(2)

standard
find
the

by

that

district

(2006).

demonstrating

any

assessment

court

is

A
that

of

debatable

the
or

wrong and that any dispositive procedural ruling by the district

Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S.

court is likewise debatable.

322, 336-38 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000);
Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676, 683-84 (4th Cir. 2001).

We have

independently reviewed the record and conclude that Skordalos

has not made the requisite showing.

Accordingly, we deny a

certificate

Skordalos

of

appealability,

deny

appointment of counsel, and dismiss the appeal.

motion

for

We dispense

with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
adequately

presented

in

the

materials

before

the

court

and

argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED